diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index c5144838..38a47d1e 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ endif
 #===============================================================================
 libm = cc.find_library('m', required : false)
 libdl = cc.find_library('dl', required : false)
-lua_dep = dependency('lua5.2', fallback: ['lua', 'lua_dep'])
+lua_dep = dependency('lua5.2', fallback: ['lua', 'lua_dep'],
+    default_options: ['shared=false', 'use_readline=false', 'app=false']
+)
 pcre2_dep = dependency('libpcre2-8')
 sdl_dep = dependency('sdl2', method: 'config-tool')
 reproc_dep = dependency('reproc', fallback: ['reproc', 'reproc_dep'],